*** WEST OF ENGLAND - 2000 EDITION VINTAGE BOOK ***

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OVERSEAS BUYERS PLEASE EMAIL FOR POSTAL COST WEST OF ENGLAND WRITTEN BY COLIN MAGGS THIS BOOK IS THE 2000 EDITION HARD COVER WITH UNCLIPPED JACKET SUTTON PUBLISHING LIMITED, STROUD, GLOUCESTERSHIRE THE JACKET IS INTACT WITH GENTLE SHELF WEAR - THE ILLUSTRATED BOARDS ARE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION THERE ARE NO INSCRIPTIONS THE PAGES ARE CLEAN AND IN VERY GOOD READING CONDITION - THE BOOK HAS BEEN READ ONCE AND LOOKS JUST LIKE NEW 184 PAGES WITH BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS, AS ILLUSTRATION Showing the history of the railways in the West of England from their beginnings to the present day, Colin Maggs uses a collection of black and white photographs accompanied by detailed captions, and a lengthy introduction. There are locomotives in Cornwall, Devon, Somerset and south-west Wiltshire. From locomotives on shed to pictures of stations; from tunnels to railway docks; and from pictures of the last up broad gauge train at Truro in 1892 to a 1988 shot of an electric train at Weymouth, here is all the variety that the railways of the West of England can offer. In almost 300 black and white photographs and ephemera, this book from one of our foremost railway historians brings the railways of this area to life as never before. It will be welcomed by steam enthusiasts countrywide. CONTENTS MAP OF RAILWAYS IN THE WEST OF ENGLAND - PAGE read more